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The Taste Issue
CALIFORNIA takes an objective look at that most subjective thing: Taste. Read more »
Tip of the Tongue
You're at an international dinner party, with friends from France, Italy, and China. Someone opens a bottle of wine...
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Within Reach
Sam Grawe sat in the light-filled living room of his Eichler home in Lucas Valley, the north San Rafael suburb where...
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Reconciling Tastes
"You're doing what?" So you do a simple everyday thing like you and your husband moving in with your ex...
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Taste by Numbers
It's 1983. A young woman looks in a store window and sees a new book from an author she likes. She wanders in...
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Aloha Spam
Michelle Galimba left Oahu for the University of California, Berkeley in 1991 to study the works of an 11th-century...
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Stirring Up History
The inch-high help wanted ad was placed in a Bay Area newspaper sometime in the early 1970s by...
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Features
Tip of the Tongue
Wine appreciation is all in the tongue.
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Within Reach
A massive exhibit of 1950s California style includes some of Berkeley's brightest architectural stars.
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Reconciling Tastes
A family establishes detente over decor.
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Taste by Numbers
Do preference algorithms really know you?
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Aloha Spam
California inspires Hawaii's artisan food growers.
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Plus: Hawaiian Local isn't Quite
Lab + Field
A Stellar Discovery
It takes more than luck to find a supernova. Here's a look behind the scenes.
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Ground Control
A Berkeley professor's research could help buses stay on schedule.
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Avian Relations
A Berkeley researcher investigates fidelity among birds.
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A Taxing Business
What would happen if we raised taxes on the rich? History may hold the answer.
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Arts + Letters
Burnt Offerings
The Crucible's promotional tactics are hard to ignore.
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Ana Moura's Fado Fusion
A new generation gives Portugal's old music a boost.
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Far Flung
Equal Day, Equal Night
Viewing the equinox in Mayan Guatemala, ancient and modern.
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Sather Gate
Stirring up History
The Bancroft's Chez Panisse Archives give a soupcon of the restaurant's early days.
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Plus: Dear Alice …
Out of the Gate
Ladies of Arabia
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Latest Issue - Winter 2011
The Taste Issue
Do you get your kicks from champagne? Or is beer more your style? Perhaps you'd prefer a Pepsi. In the latest issue of California we look at how our tastes define us-and we them. Read the latest »
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